I am not against investment in the NJ market but long term would be Florida.I have already learned so much from all the posts, blogs, and podcasts.

I have written a blog post on the topic.

Our CPA at the times was not very helpful and we got all of our advice from reading blogs and articles from BP. 

Lots of RE reading n listening on BP here...pod cast, blog, books etc.

I wrote a lengthy blog on this recently; the bottom line is that investing is about control, not instant cash.

You'll find tons of useful blog and forum posts on here that will come in very handy!

Loan originators no longer must have ‘skin in the game’https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/03/15/loan-originators-no-longer-must-have-skin-in-the-game/When I refinanced my mortgage in the early 1990s, the industry was recovering from the appraisal inflation of the heady days leading up to the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s.

@Chris Gilliland also read the BP blog post about tenant screening.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/2...

Congrats on the investment property goal Steve Kim - there’s certainly a ton of useful info on this blog to help educate you and give you the blueprint for employing the BRRRR strategy.

See following for more on this. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3441/51027-nonrecourse-loan-debt-for-self-directed-solo-401k-investment